Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

I live in Pennsylvania, and my soon to be ex and I are working on our no fault divorce and custody agreement....I have been very amicable with visitation, and have no intentions on ever standing in the way of my children's relationship with their father..we agreed on him taking the kids every other weekend from friday night until sunday morning and alternate holidays and two weeks in the summer..that being said, I have been struggling to find employment in the state and have had job offers in NY that would be approximately 310 miles away....if I were to accept a position i would still be able to keep this arrangement as i have family here and will want to see them at these same incriments.....Now my question is this, to avoid having to go back to court after the divorce, is there a way that I can word the custody agreement to allow me to move not more than 350 miles away and promise to stay within the tristate area of NY, NJ, and PA without a hassle and without having to go back to court?


Asked on 2/14/12, 2:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

Generally, the limit is 50 miles before you have to get consent to relocation. That said if father consents it's not a problem. If he doesn't then you'll be in court. That said you're committing yourself to a 700 mile drive every other weekend. I see 2 potential problems. One is cost the other is weather. What are you going to do in the case of bad weather.

You also failed to mention what you're going to do about holidays.

{John}

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Answered on 2/15/12, 6:33 am


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